so Mount Elbrus is warmest place in country? remind why they have to do winter Olympics in Sochi. as they know winter tourist is different than Summer tourist. The summer tourism is byproduct of Infrastructure built for winter tourism. i fully expect those who have higher income to enjoy even colder regions. Summer tourism is forced upon people due School holidays. It is not discretionary.From the list of top tourist destinations.
Who wants to see cold weather? Not many. How many want to go skiing, or rather, how many even know how? Crimea, Sochi, Southern Russia is a popular tourist destination only for Russians, because it's the warmest place in the country. Egypt, Turkey, and UAE are warmer.
I live in a cold country (Canada) and our top destination for vacation is Cuba in the warm Caribbean. Trust me, nobody here will skip warm weather for cold.
'At the end of 2023, tourist traffic to the Arctic exceeded 1.1 million people. Now 130 new projects in the field of Arctic tourism are being created with state support,' he said.